Work Description:
Work under this Contract covers renovation and upgrades to Penticton Regional Airport building at Penticton. Work to be performed under this Contract includes, but is not limited to the following items covered further in the Contract documents.
– Hazardous Materials abatement
– Selective Demolition
– New interior construction
– Building additions

Security area will be expanded, beefed up and include washrooms. Some parts of the present configuration will be changed. Completion 20 months after award of tender.

Good news for the area as it indicates the airport is showing increased activity or they would not do this. Now if we can get increased flights like West Jet to Vancouver ( presently only go to Calgary from here ) and Air Canada ( presently have to go to Vancouver ) connecting or direct to Edmonton.

Back in the very early 1980’s , I did many flights ( PWA or CPAir) into Penticton . The equipment used was the Boeing 737-200 . This was prior to the Dash 8 aircraft having flown . Today, current versions of the B 737 are used for quite long flights, including Halifax to London, England .
The largest aircraft I have seen at Penticton is the B 727-200 three engined Jet belonging to one of the NHL hockey teams participating in the young guns tournament at SOEC . RCAF C 117 also have been there but they are a special case .